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Tips From A Superintendent to Manage Stress in the Era of COVID-19 You Are Not Alone

As superintendent of your district, there are many perks to your job: seeing happy children learn, watching talented teachers joyfully deliver instruction and admiring the work ethic of your principals. However, upon the advent of COVID-19, the landscape you once knew has completely changed. Students may be learning remotely, teachers are juggling online and in-person responsibilities and principals are on the phone answering questions from stressed parents. And then there is you. Board and community relationships are different. You also need to understand and use a whole new vocabulary with positivity rates, percentages of ICU beds available, transmission rates and you need to rethink instructional delivery based on all that input. It can be overhelming. If what I have just described is you, just remember this: You are not alone.

14 LM October 2020